verb
- to make a trilling or vibrating sound, as certain insects do
noun
- a trilling or vibrating sound made by insects such as crickets or grasshoppers
Examples
- The cricket chirrs loudly on summer evenings.
- The grasshopper chirrs as it rubs its legs together.
- We heard the chirrs of insects coming from the tall grass.
- At night, the cicadas chirr in a rhythmic pattern.
- The distinctive chirrs filled the warm night air.
- She listened to the chirrs of the field crickets outside her window.